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Car crashes into Centre Ave building

Pittsburgh's Action News 4's Katelyn Sykes reports from Centre Ave in the Hill District where a car crashed into the building early Monday morning that required the residents to be rescued from the second floor due to structural damage and a large hole in the building.

Pittsburgh's Action News 4's Katelyn Sykes reports from Centre Ave in the Hill District where a car crashed into the building early Monday morning that required the residents to be rescued from the second floor due to structural damage and a large hole in the building.

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Updated: 10:16 AM EDT Aug 10, 2015

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WEBVTT A MAN AND CHILDREN THOUGH HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THAT HOME. TWO OTHER PEOPLE INJURED FROM THE CAR. PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER, WHAT A NIGHT IT'S BEEN FROM THAT FAMILY, KATELYN. YOU KNOW, IT REALLY HAS BEEN FROM GETTING WOKEN UP THIS MORNING TO WHAT THEY HEARD FROM FIREFIGHTERS TELLING THEM THEY NEEDED TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY BEHIND ME, THAT'S THE HOUSE RIGHT THERE. POLICE, FIRE OFFICIALS, PARAMEDICS CLEARED THE SCENE AND EARLIER, A VERY ACTIVE SCENE OUT HERE, THIS IS THE 2800 BLOCK OF CENTER AVENUE. WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU, THE MAN SAID HE WAS INSIDE THIS MORNING AND YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH OF THE CRASH, THE VIDEO, THAT CAR INTO THE SIDE OF THAT BUILDING, A GAPING HOLE LEFT BEHIND. THAT MAN SAID HE WAS INSIDE AND HE THOUGHT HE HEARD HIS NEIGHBORS COME HOME AND THEY HEARD THAT THEY NEED TODAY EVACUATE. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID HAPPENS NEXT, HOW HE HAD TO GET OUT OF THIS BUILDING. AND THOUGHT WE WERE ABLE TO WALK DOWN THE STEPS. THE CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM HALLWAY AND WE HAD TO COME OUT THE KITCHEN TO THE LADDER. ONE FIREMAN SHOWED US WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE DOWN THERE AND IT WAS LIKE THE WALLS WERE JUST CAVED IN. THERE WAS NO WAY TO WALK THROUGH IT OR AROUND IT. THAT'S RIGHT, YOU HEARD HIM RIGHT. HE HAD TO BE RESCUED OUT OF THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOW WITH A FIRE DEPARTMENT'S LADDER TO GET OUT OF THE BUILDING. THAT CAR DAMAGING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND WHERE IT CRASHED. THAT'S THE STAIRWAY WHICH IS IMPASSABLE. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND PARAMEDICS HAD TO RUSH BOTH OF THEM TO THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT SURE OF THEIR CONDITION OR THEIR EXTENT OF INJURIES OR EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT AT THIS TIME. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WAS ALSO OUT HERE ON THE SCENE AND THEY ARE HELPING THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE INSIDE OF THIS BUILDING. THAT MAN LIVES ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND WE'RE ALSO TOLD THERE'S A FAMILY THAT LIVES ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THIS BILLING RIGHT NOW. BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH THEM AT THIS TIME. THEY'RE NOT INSIDE THE BUILDING. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT MUCH RIGHT NOW. BUT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS HELPING THE PEOPLE THAT DO LIVE INSIDE OF THIS BUILDING AND WE ALSO TELL YOU THAT A BUILDING INSPECTOR IS ON THE SCENE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DAMAGE DONE TO THIS BUILDING. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE AND HAVE

Car crashes into Centre Ave building

Pittsburgh's Action News 4's Katelyn Sykes reports from Centre Ave in the Hill District where a car crashed into the building early Monday morning that required the residents to be rescued from the second floor due to structural damage and a large hole in the building.